Atharvaveda 6.59
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.59
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- Sanskrit
6.59.1
anaḍúdbhyas tváṃ prathamáṃ dhenúbhyas tvám arundhati |
ádhenave váyase śárma yacha cátuṣpade ||1||
To the draft-oxen ⌊do thou⌋ first, to the milch kine ⌊do thou⌋, O arundhatī́, to the non-milch cow, in order to vigor (váyas), to four-footed creatures do thou yield protection.
6.59.2
śárma yachatv óṣadhiḥ sahá devī́r arundhatī́ |
kárat páyasvantaṃ goṣṭhám ayakṣmā́m̐ utá pū́ruṣān ||2||
Let the herb, the arundhatī́, allied with the gods (?), yield protection; may it make the cow-stall rich in milk, and the men (púruṣa) free from disease (yákṣma).
6.59.3
viśvárūpāṃ subhágām achā́vadāmi jīvalā́m |
sā́ no rudrásyāstā́ṃ hetíṃ dūráṃ nayatu góbhyaḥ ||3||
I appeal to the all-formed, well-portioned, vivifying one; let it conduct the hurled missile of Rudra far away from our kine.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German